Normals Books & Records
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A 34 year old book & record store nestled in the heart of The People’s Republic of Waverly. From the obscure to the indispensable is our motto. Open 7 days a week.
Stocking the larder with vinyl sweets for holiday or every day use!
November 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Stocking the larder with vinyl sweets for holiday or every day use!
Reissue of the debut of #Grouper , Japanese super group Food Brain from 1970, mentioned in Julian Cope’s Jap Rock Sampler, “Songs of the Cambodian Liberation” & new #OpticSink , Gonerfest regulars. And Baltimore encompassing all, it turns out Bruiser
November 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Reissue of the debut of #Grouper , Japanese super group Food Brain from 1970, mentioned in Julian Cope’s Jap Rock Sampler, “Songs of the Cambodian Liberation” & new #OpticSink , Gonerfest regulars. And Baltimore encompassing all, it turns out Bruiser
New #BillOrcutt ! This imposing cover photo was taken in the Revolver warehouse just as our pal ED stole his Halloween candy and packed it with our shipment. New expanded 2 lp version of Sun Ra’s first Saturn album, “Supersonic Jazz”. “Smile” reissue and one of the few albums
November 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
New #BillOrcutt ! This imposing cover photo was taken in the Revolver warehouse just as our pal ED stole his Halloween candy and packed it with our shipment. New expanded 2 lp version of Sun Ra’s first Saturn album, “Supersonic Jazz”. “Smile” reissue and one of the few albums
The #Yuletide vinyl had crashed upon the Waverly shores early this year!! We usually wait until the day after Thanksgiving to put it out but folks seem to be in the holiday mood early. #BaltimoreRecordstore #HolidayLocalShopping #DontLetTheFascistGrinchesGetYouDown
November 19, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The #Yuletide vinyl had crashed upon the Waverly shores early this year!! We usually wait until the day after Thanksgiving to put it out but folks seem to be in the holiday mood early. #BaltimoreRecordstore #HolidayLocalShopping #DontLetTheFascistGrinchesGetYouDown
6 boxes of exceptional literature, poetry, Native American history, radical and anarchist theory, sociology and Black Studies hitting the shelves. #BaltimoreBookstore #ShopLocal #WaverlyMerchants
November 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
6 boxes of exceptional literature, poetry, Native American history, radical and anarchist theory, sociology and Black Studies hitting the shelves. #BaltimoreBookstore #ShopLocal #WaverlyMerchants
Thank you so much Baltimore for somehow keeping it hard to keep the goodies on the shelves in these increasingly weird times! Our new intern Mrigaanka of The Many Skills got to see a wonderful wave of faces Saturday scooping up music and books and stirring fine chatter.
November 17, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Thank you so much Baltimore for somehow keeping it hard to keep the goodies on the shelves in these increasingly weird times! Our new intern Mrigaanka of The Many Skills got to see a wonderful wave of faces Saturday scooping up music and books and stirring fine chatter.
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Remembering J.G. Ballard, born OTD 1930.
I’ve been reading his work for many years & I can readily appreciate why many qualify his writing as ‘timeless’.
And I can think of no better imagery to accompany this post than the equally timeless appeal of David Pelham’s superlative cover art 🙂
I’ve been reading his work for many years & I can readily appreciate why many qualify his writing as ‘timeless’.
And I can think of no better imagery to accompany this post than the equally timeless appeal of David Pelham’s superlative cover art 🙂
November 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Remembering J.G. Ballard, born OTD 1930.
I’ve been reading his work for many years & I can readily appreciate why many qualify his writing as ‘timeless’.
And I can think of no better imagery to accompany this post than the equally timeless appeal of David Pelham’s superlative cover art 🙂
I’ve been reading his work for many years & I can readily appreciate why many qualify his writing as ‘timeless’.
And I can think of no better imagery to accompany this post than the equally timeless appeal of David Pelham’s superlative cover art 🙂
Two more new “no brainers” as the gravediggers say. Affordable reissue of reverb drenched classic and a hypnotic East African 80s album rooted in traditional Rwandan praise songs.
November 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Two more new “no brainers” as the gravediggers say. Affordable reissue of reverb drenched classic and a hypnotic East African 80s album rooted in traditional Rwandan praise songs.
I’ve been really waiting for this one! Before @unsociable_cat_dad the doe-eyed Marxist’s power partner @amelia_bedeliya became a farmer of renown she was a liberation theologian and she cut this wild lp. Folk spirituals somewhat with Judee Sill vibe with some Bruce Haack added!
November 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I’ve been really waiting for this one! Before @unsociable_cat_dad the doe-eyed Marxist’s power partner @amelia_bedeliya became a farmer of renown she was a liberation theologian and she cut this wild lp. Folk spirituals somewhat with Judee Sill vibe with some Bruce Haack added!
Sometimes a Best Of kicks out some true Besties. Like this one. And not just because some of our favorite nabobs are bound up in it…..Fantastic compilation cobbled exquisitely by Terence Winch, who just turned 80.
November 11, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Sometimes a Best Of kicks out some true Besties. Like this one. And not just because some of our favorite nabobs are bound up in it…..Fantastic compilation cobbled exquisitely by Terence Winch, who just turned 80.
Small taste of the many treasures that washed ashore the last few days. Plus many great fiction/literature titles and Eastern Religion.
November 9, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Small taste of the many treasures that washed ashore the last few days. Plus many great fiction/literature titles and Eastern Religion.
Night two of Herr Schmidt’s Diffusion Festival vis @highzerofoundation ! I’m just now seeing there will be a piece (maybe it was last night) called “Personal Tapirs”! Seeing a tapir in real life in Texas drastically changed the course of my life. This festival is guaranteed to expand your ears.
November 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Night two of Herr Schmidt’s Diffusion Festival vis @highzerofoundation ! I’m just now seeing there will be a piece (maybe it was last night) called “Personal Tapirs”! Seeing a tapir in real life in Texas drastically changed the course of my life. This festival is guaranteed to expand your ears.
Very good + 1982 Columbia House pressing of der Sex Pistols vg+ bright glossy jacket.
November 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Very good + 1982 Columbia House pressing of der Sex Pistols vg+ bright glossy jacket.
OG 1980 “Remain in Light”. With inner sleeve & insert.
November 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
OG 1980 “Remain in Light”. With inner sleeve & insert.
OG 1980 “Remain in Light”. With inner sleeve & insert.
November 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
OG 1980 “Remain in Light”. With inner sleeve & insert.
Two sweet crates of #VinylClassics in! Original #Ramones with inner, original #DeadBoys , 77 #SexPistols , OG #TalkingHeads #BaltimoreRecordstore
November 7, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Two sweet crates of #VinylClassics in! Original #Ramones with inner, original #DeadBoys , 77 #SexPistols , OG #TalkingHeads #BaltimoreRecordstore
Some newbies in! Including new #Numero 4 LP box set of #HuskerDu live in 1985, when much fire was present. #BaltimoreRecordstore
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Some newbies in! Including new #Numero 4 LP box set of #HuskerDu live in 1985, when much fire was present. #BaltimoreRecordstore
Tonight! Normals co-founder, Red Room founder, Wild-eyed neoist John Berndt debuts his new experimental supergroup Hadal Zone. Opening for master improvisers Ben Bennett, zygote of legendary poet John M., & Kieran Daly.
November 5, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Tonight! Normals co-founder, Red Room founder, Wild-eyed neoist John Berndt debuts his new experimental supergroup Hadal Zone. Opening for master improvisers Ben Bennett, zygote of legendary poet John M., & Kieran Daly.
Some new titles hitting new & recommended. #DCPunkZines and new @bmoreart
November 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Some new titles hitting new & recommended. #DCPunkZines and new @bmoreart
Reissues of early, rare #CindyLee and some West Virginia snake handling jams to get your blood flowing. #BaltimoreRecordstore
November 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Reissues of early, rare #CindyLee and some West Virginia snake handling jams to get your blood flowing. #BaltimoreRecordstore
An all acoustic show coming up at the end of November that is near and dear to my heart and bloodline. My nephew Geff Cassuto is a deft multi-instrumentalist, having the golden touch on guitar, banjo and fiddle. His last group, the duo Before the Apocalypse springing from the soil of Fahey,
November 3, 2025 at 11:16 PM
An all acoustic show coming up at the end of November that is near and dear to my heart and bloodline. My nephew Geff Cassuto is a deft multi-instrumentalist, having the golden touch on guitar, banjo and fiddle. His last group, the duo Before the Apocalypse springing from the soil of Fahey,
Ganesh knows all dogs are holy, life would be a complete abyss of pain without them, and Billy Mineral is a star on the canine and loving human circuit.
November 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Ganesh knows all dogs are holy, life would be a complete abyss of pain without them, and Billy Mineral is a star on the canine and loving human circuit.
Poet film star @shaney_around_the_waney came in to brag about catching the secret Luna show that took place at Don Clark’s firepit.
November 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Poet film star @shaney_around_the_waney came in to brag about catching the secret Luna show that took place at Don Clark’s firepit.
Baltimore heroes.
The Entourage Music and Theatre Ensemble - Michael's Song [US, Ambient/Leftfield] (1973)
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https://youtu.be/G-6FWDCl8m0
https://redd.it/6nvb7k
https://youtu.be/G-6FWDCl8m0
The Entourage Music and Theatre Ensemble - Michael's Song [US, Ambient/Leftfield] (1973)
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October 30, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Baltimore heroes.